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Using AI to Assess Surgical Performance

More than one million operations are performed in Switzerland every year. A surgeon's skill has a direct impact on the outcome of the operation. Training and experience, as well as momentary fatigue and other influencing factors all play a role. At present, skill is tested by experts, either directly during an operation or by evaluating video footage. This approach is very costly and only a limited number of experts are available.

How to Make All Headphones Intelligent

How do you turn "dumb" headphones into smart ones? Rutgers engineers have invented a cheap and easy way by transforming headphones into sensors that can be plugged into smartphones, identify their users, monitor their heart rates and perform other services.

Europe's Digital Decade: Commission Sets the Course Towards a Digitally Empowered Europe by 2030

Today the Commission presents a vision, targets and avenues for a successful digital transformation of Europe by 2030. This is also critical to achieve the transition towards a climate neutral, circular and resilient economy. The EU's ambition is to be digitally sovereign in an open and interconnected world, and to pursue digital policies that empower people and businesses to seize a human centred, sustainable and more prosperous digital future.

Vaccine Development Software Shows Promise in Influenza Effort, could Help Defeat Coronavirus

A novel computer algorithm that could create a broadly reactive influenza vaccine for swine flu also offers a path toward a pan-influenza vaccine and possibly a pan-coronavirus vaccine as well, according to a new paper published in Nature Communications.

Automatic Adverse Drug Reaction Extraction from Electronic Health Records

Patients' electronic health records convey crucial information. The application of natural language processing techniques to these records may be an effective means of extracting information that may improve clinical decision making, clinical documentation and billing, disease prediction and the detection of adverse drug reactions.

New Tool Reveals Security and Privacy Issues with Contact Tracing Apps

Researchers have developed a tool to identify security and privacy risks associated with COVID-19 contact tracing apps.

COVIDGuardian, the first automated security and privacy assessment tool, tests contact tracing apps for potential threats such as malware, embedded trackers and private information leakage.

BETTEReHEALTH Supports Deployment of eHealth in Lower Income Countries in Africa for Better Health Outcomes

The European Commission funded BETTEReHEALTH project aims to contribute to better, more accessible, and more efficient health and care services in low and lower middle income countries (LLMICs) in Africa, by coordinating and supporting the deployment of sustainable eHealth solutions.

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Using AI to Assess Surgical Performance

How to Make All Headphones Intelligent

Europe's Digital Decade: Commission Sets the Course Towards a Digitally Empowered Europe by 2030

Vaccine Development Software Shows Promise in Influenza Effort, could Help Defeat Coronavirus

Automatic Adverse Drug Reaction Extraction from Electronic Health Records

New Tool Reveals Security and Privacy Issues with Contact Tracing Apps

BETTEReHEALTH Supports Deployment of eHealth in Lower Income Countries in Africa for Better Health Outcomes

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